Extinct Animals




The West African Black Rhino & The Southern African White Rhino is a very unique species for several reasons. In 2006, there was a search of any surviving animals in West Africa. The World Conservation Union found out that the West African Black Rhino has gone extinct. After 48 field missions, no signs were found of their continued presence.

West African Black Rhino

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First, Black Rhinos horn has traditional Asian medicine to fight malaria, epilepsy, fevers, and other ailments. In 1960, there were more than 100,000, and in 1980, Black Rhinos population deceased down to 14,000. Since then Black Rhinos were hunted by poachers. That’s why the population of Black Rhinos has been subtracted from this world. Poachers have hunted the animals for decades for their horns so they can supply the markets in Asia.

Secondly, when The World Conservation Union realized that the Black Rhinos had been extinct they decided to look for Rhinos elsewhere on the continent. In Southern Africa the Southern White Rhino has turned into a striking conservation success story. Nearly a century ago there were no fewer then 75 White Rhinos in the world. Now the White Rhinos had increase to over 14,000 today.

Southern African White Rhino
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The White Rhino is much different from the Black Rhino in several ways . The White Rhino has a very mild personality compared to the Black Rhino. White Rhinos tend to move away from conflict instead of confront it an attack like the Black Rhino. To scare away other animals the do some type of mock charge so the intruders can run away from their territory. White Rhinos are remarkable fast but they can’t run for a very long periods time. They have very powerful muscles that form humps above their shoulders that allow them to move quickly.